football story going wrong way tackled by own player

When I was little, I lived with my family on a farm. Yet despite the success, life has been anything but easy for Jason Buck. He just got turned around and didn't realize that he was going the wrong way.Īs big as that tackle was, Fairfield would lose, 14-7. Jason Bucktwo-time junior college all-American, best interior lineman in the country at BYU, six-year veteran of the National Football League, and member of two Super Bowl teams. It was the player's first interception too.

You can even see the Fairfield players pointing at the correct end zone, but props to Thrower for the heads-up effort to tackle his own teammate. As he pointed out, it was a Not Top Play and a Top Play all into one.

By Tom Rinaldi, Alice Maggin and Maggy Patrick. Thrower ran 50 yards to bring down his teammate at the 10-yard line with a clutch tackle. Eric LeGrand is regaining sensation after being paralyzed from the neck down. That was when Fairfield player Kha-Ron Thrower had to take matters into his own hands to stop his teammate from running into an embarrassing safety. But the intercepting player took off running for the wrong end zone. One team acquires possession of the ball in its own end zone, loses possession of the ball while in their own end zone, but suffers no consequence when the fumbled ball goes out of the end zone.īut that’s the rule, and that was the outcome of a play that kept Washington from extending its lead (at the time) from 3-0 to 5-0.Of all the weird things to happen on a football field, it would be difficult to top exactly what went down during Friday's high school football game between Fairfield High School (Calif.) and Rodriguez (Calif.).Īt some point during the game, Fairfield picked off a pass from Rodriguez. Just last week, a high school player was tackled on the 10-yard line by his own teammate when he ran the wrong way after an interception. To learn the correct form, start by keeping your feet shoulder width apart, your knees flexed slightly. And apparently 'wrong way' syndrome isnt going anywhere. Alabama Football, starting right tackle Chris Owens arrived in Tuscaloosa in 2016. If the ball had gone out of bounds in the end zone, the outcome would have been the same as if Wilcox had simply taken a knee. When tackling a passer during or just after throwing a pass, a defensive player is prohibited from unnecessarily and violently throwing him down and landing on. To tackle properly and safely, you always need to maintain good tackling form, staying low and striking with a wide base. But because Washington provided, as the rule book dubs it, the “impetus” that put the ball in the end zone, possession by the Cowboys in their own end zone and a fumble by the Cowboys out of the end zone remained a touchback, with the Cowboys getting the ball on their own 20.Īs the source explained it, the ruling would have applied even if Wilcox had run around inside the end zone, trying to get out but losing possession before exiting. It actually had happened in the 1929 Rose Bowl, when California’s Roy Riegels grabbed a fumble in the second quarter and ran 69 yards in the wrong direction against Georgia Tech before his. Per a league source, the specific ruling was that Wilcox had intercepted the ball and fumbled. Promptly, receiver Pierre Garςon drilled Wilcox, forcing a fumble out of the back of the end zone. Wilcox, untouched after he secured possession of the ball, sprung up at the back of the end zone. But the player who intercepted the ball, took off running for the wrong end zone. During the game, Fairfield picked off a pass from Rodriguez. Wilcox intercepted a pass intended for Washington receiver Andre Roberts. It was just no a tackle that we see in most games During last Friday night’s high game between two California high schools, Fairfield High School and Rodriguez, something very strange happened. Late in the first quarter of Monday night’s game between Washington and Dallas, an unusual play happened in the Cowboys end zone. Roy Riegels, the towering California center, had picked up a fumble and run the wrong way, to be tackled by our little Benny Lom a few feet from his own.

Football story going wrong way tackled by own player